Dress-article protector.



. N. HERZBERG. DRESS ARTICLE PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3, 1913. LUSSACQ l e Patented Jan. 6, 1914.

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N. HERZBERG.

DRESS ARTICLE PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNI: 3, 1913.

Patented Jan. 6, 1914.

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N. HERZBERG. DRESS ARTICLE PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNEB, 1913.

1,083,491 Patented Ja11.6, 1914.

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NACHT/IAN HERZBERG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DRESS-ARTICLE PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 6,1914.

Application led .Tune 3, 1913. Serial No. 771,437.

T0 all LU/tom it may concern Be it known that I, NAoi-IMAN HERZBERG, a citizen of the United States, residing at No. 832 East One Hundred and Sixty-fifth street, New York city, New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dress-Article Protectors, of which the following isa specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

It is very desirable to have ones hat, overcoat, cane andnumbrella, safely protected against thieves, while the owner is at the dining table or in some other public place, and so may have his mind clear of anxiety as to these articles.

My invention relates to devices for this purpose and which I have chosen to call a garment protector; and an ob]ect of the 1nvention is not only to safeguard the articles from theft, but also to support and protect them from creasing and other damage.

Still another object of the invention is to accomplish the purposes mentioned, and to do it at a low price and most effective manner.

rlhe accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure 1, shows the device hanging inoperatively upon its support. Fig. 2 shows the device partly in use, with the coat open. Fig. 3 shows a key, and a numbered tag thereon. Fig. 1 illustrates the device in full operative position, hat and umbrella or cane locked therein. Fig. 5 is a detailed perspective view of the hat holder when used without the other articles. Fig. 6, is a perspective view of an ordinary hat rest with my device engaging one of the horizontal poles, and with the lock in its appointed recess. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a modified form of hat container with a flat crowned hat therein, and Fig. 8 shows, on a larger scale, the hat folded and locked, and with the hat locked on the outside of the coat.

The various features of the device are referred to by numeral characters, similar characters denoting corresponding parts, in the several view's.

The numeral 7, designates the shortest of three chains used in this device. This chain is attached, at one end, to a support 9, its other end being provided with a hook, adapted to engage in the handle of a hat container.

The chain 8, is of medium length and is secured at one end to the support 9. It is also provided with a terminal hook Sa, and

is adapt-ed to be wound around an umbrella, or cane, or both together, the hook engaging in its own chain. The long chain 8b, is also secured, at one end, in the support 9 and is provided on its outer end with a spring padlock 20L having a key 23, on which is hung a tag, 24 having a number, as 2 thereon, for identification. There should also be a conspicuous number on the wall near the support, corresponding to the number of the tag, so as to prevent mistakes. A hook of ordinary construction 25, is used in connection with my device, on which the coat is hung.

The hat retainer is composed of wire, its base member being formed of a single piece of wire and having a terminal loop or hinge 12, from which the wire 14a, extends the entire length of the hat retainer, and is bent to form a handle 13, and then bent to form a circle 14. The straight reach 14a, extending across the circle 111, prevents the removal of a soft or pliable hat from the holder, when the latter is locked. The upper member of the hat container, also has a terminal loop 15, loosely engaging in the loop 12, of the base wire to constitute a hinge, and has a handle 16, at its opposite end similar to that on the base member and overlying it when closed. A circle 17, of less diameter than the circle of the base constitutes the lower portion of this upper member and two arches, 1S and 19, extend over from side to side, crossing each other at a right angle and are fastened to the circle 17, as shown. The parts 14 and 17, do not individually lie exactly in a plane, their sides being slightly curved above their end portions, in order to engage closely upon bot-h sides of the hat rim. In the modified hat container (Fig. 7 the wires 18a and 19a are bent at an angle and adapted to hold a hat with a low flat crown.

rlhe support 9, is composed of wire, bent to form downward curves 20, in which the chains and the lock engage and are fastened to the wall by a plate 21, having a central curve 22, to overlie the upper cross bar of the support. The support 9 may have a greater or less number of recesses, as required. In using this device, the hat is first put in its container, which is then closed and the hook of the short chain is then engaged in the hat container handles. The chain of medium length is then wrapped around the umbrella and cane and its terminal hook 8a is engaged upon its chain. The free end of the long chain 8b, is then passed from the inside outwardly, through a sleeve of the coat which is hung upon a hook 25. The coat is then folded smoothly around the other articles and the chain 8b, is then wound around all of the articles and the springlock is engaged in the support 9. As shown in Figs. 2 and 8 the hat may be secured either on the inside or the outside of the coat.

Having now described my invention, and the manner of using it, what I claim and desire to secure is In a garment protector a wire hat holder comprising a base member formed of a single piece of wire bent to form a circle provided with a handle, and, at its opposite side a hinge, a crown member, a handle on said crown member overlyingr the handle on the base member, two members extending over from side to side of said crown member and secured upon the circle of said crown member at a right angle to each other, said base member and said crown member being hinged together and said handles Vbeing adapted to be engaged by a padlock.

In testimonyV whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

NACHMAN HERZBERG. WVitnesses:

HENRY DAVIDSON, HARRY HERZBERG.

Copies of this patent' may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C." 

